As classes begin to wind down, summer quickly approaches, and good feelings abound from the warm sun and vibrant Spring life, it's about that time to cut the **** and start getting serious.
I must admit, I've only been training seriously for about a year. I started about this time last year, when I decided that maybe diet played an important role in exercise, that I should work out regularly, and that skipping squat days because I "didn't feel like it" was just not the manly thing to do.
Long story short, I dialed in my diet, lifted like a fiend, and now I'm at a real good place, sitting at 6'3, 217lbs, and about 12-13%, all down from a whopping 250lb since early, early January (I had a real bad attempt at a bulk).
So, what are my goals?
-Get shredded
-Get strong
Realistically, I'll be happy to hit 7% and maintain some strength. This will not be easy, and it definitely will take strict discipline as, well, usually you do one or the other. Fortunately in my very short lifting career I still sometimes get strong simply by making fixes to my form to better apply force to the weight, or just developing better nerve-muscle connection.
So how am I accomplishing these goals?
-Diet
-Lifting hard
-Cardio out the wazoo
I'm basically following my diet from last Summer which gave me good results, which was high fat, moderate/high protein, low carb. It was modeled after the anabolic diet, but not quite as clean (which itself is kind of like a dirty CKD). I also threw in tons of cardio. I have not been terribly diligent with my cardio like I was last year, though I still hit it 5x/week, because of class. Now, I can be. Lifting wise, I've been adopting several things from DC training piecewise that have proven to be far more efficacious in helping me develop strength. Thus, I will continue with that. What I do is not DC, just very identical. Deal with it.
I had another log on here before (it wasn't a workout log, more like a supplement log detailing any interactions or side effects). While I kept that up to date very well for the most part, it kind of went south, mostly because of exams/papers/etc. Well, I maintain a pretty consistent workout log over at another website (since around June/July), so I'm pretty sure I can handle this one without a problem.
The arsenal
-Gym
-iPod
-EAS Whey Protein (hoping to switch to something better soon)
-Creatine Mono
-Generic Multi-Vitamin
-ZMA + GABA
-Muscle Pharm Assault (may change this out for a carb-free PreWO)
-Athletix Adamantium (got it for a semi-PCT that actually was not needed, but hey I can still make use of it!)
-PES Erase and Alpha-T2
Lets get this show on the road!
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P.S.: posted up workouts beginning from about 10 days ago when I started lifting again after a brief break after discovering I had exertion headaches.
P.P.S.:
*rp means rest-pause (15 deep breaths, usually takes about 20-25 seconds)
*negs means negatives
*"static at end" means static hold was done during the last set
*"static after" means static hold was done after the last set, meaning set was done, weight was racked, and then picked back up for a static hold
I must admit, I've only been training seriously for about a year. I started about this time last year, when I decided that maybe diet played an important role in exercise, that I should work out regularly, and that skipping squat days because I "didn't feel like it" was just not the manly thing to do.
Long story short, I dialed in my diet, lifted like a fiend, and now I'm at a real good place, sitting at 6'3, 217lbs, and about 12-13%, all down from a whopping 250lb since early, early January (I had a real bad attempt at a bulk).
So, what are my goals?
-Get shredded
-Get strong
Realistically, I'll be happy to hit 7% and maintain some strength. This will not be easy, and it definitely will take strict discipline as, well, usually you do one or the other. Fortunately in my very short lifting career I still sometimes get strong simply by making fixes to my form to better apply force to the weight, or just developing better nerve-muscle connection.
So how am I accomplishing these goals?
-Diet
-Lifting hard
-Cardio out the wazoo
I'm basically following my diet from last Summer which gave me good results, which was high fat, moderate/high protein, low carb. It was modeled after the anabolic diet, but not quite as clean (which itself is kind of like a dirty CKD). I also threw in tons of cardio. I have not been terribly diligent with my cardio like I was last year, though I still hit it 5x/week, because of class. Now, I can be. Lifting wise, I've been adopting several things from DC training piecewise that have proven to be far more efficacious in helping me develop strength. Thus, I will continue with that. What I do is not DC, just very identical. Deal with it.
I had another log on here before (it wasn't a workout log, more like a supplement log detailing any interactions or side effects). While I kept that up to date very well for the most part, it kind of went south, mostly because of exams/papers/etc. Well, I maintain a pretty consistent workout log over at another website (since around June/July), so I'm pretty sure I can handle this one without a problem.
The arsenal
-Gym
-iPod
-EAS Whey Protein (hoping to switch to something better soon)
-Creatine Mono
-Generic Multi-Vitamin
-ZMA + GABA
-Muscle Pharm Assault (may change this out for a carb-free PreWO)
-Athletix Adamantium (got it for a semi-PCT that actually was not needed, but hey I can still make use of it!)
-PES Erase and Alpha-T2
Lets get this show on the road!
-----------------------
P.S.: posted up workouts beginning from about 10 days ago when I started lifting again after a brief break after discovering I had exertion headaches.
P.P.S.:
*rp means rest-pause (15 deep breaths, usually takes about 20-25 seconds)
*negs means negatives
*"static at end" means static hold was done during the last set
*"static after" means static hold was done after the last set, meaning set was done, weight was racked, and then picked back up for a static hold